Thanks! Squirrels on McGill campus are so friendly!

Yessss

We’re doomed!

Oh yeah thanks for the reminder it exists! Posted there :)

Thank you! Mental health is a little rough these days tbh but I’m managing. I hope things are good on your end!

Also I now have furry rodents at home (pet rats!) so I have less time to devote to the squirrelly friends

I knew of “smart ass”, but “smart balls” sounds nice for sure too!

How about cocky behavior therapy?

Nope :(

Crazy talk!! Lovely picture. I can confirm this 100% looks like a McGill picnic table 😁 thanks for the post Ricky

I’m a vagina with a pH of 4

Soooo bottled water instead of tap to make a brine? Assuming the former has no chlorine while the latter does

You just dark roasted yourself

Thanks for your curiosity :D Thankfully she has a very recognizable feature which is her shorter tail. I assume she lost part of it in a fight or something. I once tried to start telling apart the others but it’s really hard haha, so many of them on the campus. A few have distinctive faces but that’s it.

The claws aren’t a problem for now (winter) since I’m always wearing a jacket. I taught her to climbing on my arm directly so shorts won’t be an issue, but I’ll have to figure something for summer !

Video of her jumping on my arm (she knows by now!)

https://photos.app.goo.gl/UmDe8zAgWBH8oqYC6

Hey there, thanks for taking time to write here about your life, thoughts and feelings. I’m sorry to hear things are incredibly tough right now.

This book (The Happiness Trap) was recommended to me by my therapist, and I found the practices in there to be very helpful for me (depression). Here’s a free online version.

https://cabct.hr/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/The-Happiness-Trap-Harris-R1.pdf

Among other things, it helped me see my thoughts for what they are: just thoughts. And to not always listen to them. To choose which thoughts I think are helpful, and just acknowledge and then ignore the rest of them ( I was talking down to myself a lot too).

Another thing I got better at with the help of the book is to act according to my values, even if something is unpleasant in the short term (simple exemple : exercise because I value health).

Another ressource that helped me greatly are free and community led gatherings to talk about mental health (and in my case addiction). I used to attend the ones organised by DBSA, here’s the link :

https://www.dbsalliance.org/support/chapters-and-support-groups/online-support-groups/

Best of luck. Virtual hug.

If anyone needs a recipe for this, Kenji’s is great!

https://youtu.be/nrDLLhqUXdc?si=XIaRfQ47mjpVn_Cp

Note the egg isn’t quite raw as it should cook a little from the heat of the rice.

Since I don’t quite like super goey eggs, I usually pour the whisked egg in the warm pan I reheated the rice in (heat off), and stir quickly before serving for it not turn into scrambled egg.

Same. Homemade baked goods exchange it is for me. Show me your love with chocolate mousse, bro.

Start a shitake mushroom culture.

Get started here

When life gives you mangoes, make mangonade.

Don’t believe that people, these are but mere speculations